The "Rights to Own ...... or not?" Story

It was an ordinary day.  Today I wanted to buy a new book for my Kindle.  I did what I usually do ..... Went to "Shop in Kindle Store", typed in the name of the author I was after and hit Search.  Then I found the title of the book I wanted and clicked on "Buy."  It was at that moment that I remembered I really couldn't buy the book because Kindle books can never be bought, I can merely earn the right to view the work on my Kindle even thought that black button with the white "Buy" says otherwise.  I recently read a one page article in Wired Magazine that told me that it was true that I technically couldn't own the books I purchase for my Kindle.  After reading the article it got me to thinking more about the subject and when I "Googled" it I found more stories telling me the same thing.  During the night of July 16th 2009, while Kindle owners slept, Amazon deleted copies of George Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm from their Kindle's because Amazon hadn't the right in the first place to sell them e-copies of the books.  So, did they give them their money back?  Didn't mention that in the story.  Now that I know that Amazon can delete copies of my books whenever they want to, can they also go into my library and remove a book and substitute an altered version in its place?  I guess if I really want to buy my own book, I should buy one that had been physically printed.  Not only that, it would help keep my sons at work since they both work for printing companies.  Seems like all e-reader book companies have structured their licenses to protect themselves.  If there was ever a catastrophic site failure on their part that makes access to my books impossible, I could probably sue them for the return of my property.  The companies have built into their e-reader books that consumers buy something that is known as DRM or Digital Rights Management which will not allow you to make back-ups or sell copies of the books you purchase from them.  I'm sure that Amazon would cut off my account if they found I had come up with a way to make copies of my books.  But, you know, I don't mind that I'm only "renting" because what can you do with a book after you have read it.  I know ..... loan it to a friend.  You can do that with your Kindle book anyway provided your friend has a Kindle.  So, I'm happy with my Kindle account and what printed book can I buy where I can increase the size of the type three times its original size!  And, if I ever write a novel I will be glad that people will have to actually buy it and not just make copies of it.  It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.